RICHARD PRESTON & SON LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£7,392,753
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of a haulage contractor.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1969-11-28
- Employees
- 141 (2025 accounts · was 142 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Potto, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL6 3HX
- Postcode
- DL6 3HX
- Capital
- 5,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-14
- Next due by
- 2027-08-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49410 Freight transport by road
Officers 6 current
Group structure 4 subsidiaries
Controlled by POTTO GROUP LIMITED — since 2023-11-30
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HARLEQUIN LOGISTICS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| WHITE GATE LODGE, POTTO, SWAMBY, YORKSHIRE DL6 3HJ | 1995-01-10 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 190 similar companies in DL
The largest employer among its local peers (141 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1969.
No.1 of the largest freight transport by road companies in Darlington →
Competitors Darlington
This company ranks 1 among freight transport by road in Darlington.
Property in England & Wales 12 titles
- Freehold
- 12
- Most recent registration
- 2017-01-03
- Where
- North Yorkshire (9), Stockton-On-Tees (2), West Yorkshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK430869 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2017-01-03 | — |
| NYK432214 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2016-04-05 | — |
| NYK430045 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2016-01-11 | — |
| NYK430046 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2016-01-11 | — |
| NYK425602 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2015-07-23 | — |
| NYK425603 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2015-07-23 | — |
| NYK425604 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2015-07-23 | — |
| NYK425605 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2015-07-23 | — |
| NYK308181 | North Yorkshire | Freehold | 2005-05-24 | — |
| CE146441 | Stockton-On-Tees | Freehold | 1998-09-29 | — |
| WYK530072 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 1993-09-03 | — |
| CE74350 | Stockton-On-Tees | Freehold | 1989-03-08 | — |
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